Mongolian School

of Colorado

Cultural and Leadership Education

The Mongolian School of Colorado was established in 2006 with the goal of teaching the first generation Mongolian-Americans. The Mongolian language, culture, history and traditions. By working with our students from toddlers to young adults and their parents, the schools bridges the gaps in generational, cultural, and language barriers our families encounter as Mongolian-Americans.

Teenage students engage in Transformative Student Voice as a way to develop their leadership and become active problem solvers in their community.

Students have examined a variety of issues in the Denver metro area.

❋ Lack of Youth Spaces

Youth conducted action research on the lack of pro-social spaces for youth in urban Colorado and have begun working with adult activists to secure space and implement programs to address this issue

❋ Violence and Education

This group examined the relationship between violence and education and turned towards the root problem of the lack of adult mental health resources. With the insight and support of high school teachers and administrators, this group proposed a range of ideas and programs to support teachers, parents, and other stakeholders.

❋ Achievement Pressure

A third group examined youth mental health and its links to school pressures, as they saw a strong correlation between the struggle and mental health issues students face as they are continually faced with pressures to achieve high grades and awards in school. As a group, they proposed academic supports to help alleviate student stress and promoted ideas that help shine light on the pressures students face.

❋ Student Voice in High School

The final group conducted action research on what they perceived as a lack of diverse youth voices in their school’s policy-making process, driven by corruption and power, so the group proposed a Cultural Congress style of student government to help include more student voices across a variety of people.